{"id":84346,"date":"2020-08-18T20:02:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T00:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84346"},"modified":"2020-08-18T20:02:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T00:02:36","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-august-17th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84346","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, August 17th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, August 17th, 2020…but before we begin, view the videos linked in blue which follow detailing The Mob targeting the home of the Postmaster General<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> and a “gentrified” neighborhood in Seattle<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and learn what The Left wants\u00a0<\/strong>now<\/span><\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As the great Antonin Scalia so accurately observed, “The transformation of charity into legal entitlement has produced donors without love and recipients without gratitude.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a related item forwarded by James Nichols, mark well how the WaPo<\/em>\u00a0noted the passing of Robert Trump compared to the suicide of ISIS leader Abu Baker al-Baghdadi, who, it must be remembered, took the lives of two innocent children when he detonated a suicide vest to avoid capture by U.S. forces in Syria:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When a major newspaper of record…its steadily diminishing readership and influence notwithstanding…treats the passing of a President’s brother with such disrespect, can anyone seriously feign surprise when a nominally “Christian” bishop tweets:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We can only assume Swan’s previous “lifetime ban” from Twitter for “hateful comments<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>” wasn’t<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, here’s The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

First up, courtesy of Speed Mach, as opposed to whatever apostasy Talbert Swan is preaching, the editorial board at\u00a0Issues & Insight<\/em>\u00a0issues a warning you can<\/span><\/em> take as gospel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe Biden\u2019s Mask Mandate Is Only The Beginning<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“At a briefing on Thursday, Joe Biden called for a nationwide mask-wearing mandate \u201cfor the next three months at a minimum<\/span><\/em>.\u201d Never mind that such a federal mandate is likely\u00a0unconstitutional<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>, this is just one of a multitude of areas<\/span><\/em> where Biden, and his running mate Kamala Harris, want to impose the federal government on even the most mundane of actions by Americans<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is surely worth noting, especially<\/span><\/em> by those who claim<\/span><\/em> to value liberty, that Biden and Harris eagerly desire to take much of it away<\/span><\/em>, always<\/em><\/span> in the name of some greater good. Indeed, over the course of their campaigns, the two have proposed either to outlaw or force so many things there\u2019s not enough room to list them all here<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So, as a reader service, we\u2019ve gathered up a sampling<\/span><\/em> of things they say they want to either ban or mandate should they gain access to the White House<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

The bans include<\/em><\/span>, but would in no way be limited to<\/em><\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>Plastic straws, plastic bags, gas-powered cars, the death penalty, private prisons, new oil and gas leases on federal lands and offshore, fracking, “assault” rifles, right-to-work laws, Trump from Twitter (okay, for ONCE we agree!), social media “hate” speech and private health insurance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for the mandates: Masks, government-approved health insurance, $15 minimum wage, equal pay, six months paid<\/span><\/em> parental leave as well as requirement for the Federal Reserve to \u201caggressively target persistent racial gaps in job, wages, and wealth\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes with the observation…<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The bottom line is that if you cherish freedom<\/span><\/em>, you will get a lot less of it<\/em><\/span> in a Biden-Harris administration. However, if you like the federal government bossing you around in every corner of your lives<\/em><\/span>, then they<\/em><\/span> are the candidates for you<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>“<\/p>\n

Hey, what<\/span> <\/em>could go wrong<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 More importantly<\/em><\/span>, is there even a…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…Biden’s bans and mandates will stop there<\/span><\/em>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n